tube
n
1 [C] long hollow cylinder of metal, glass, rubber, etc for holding or conveying liquids, gases, etc (金屬、 玻璃、 橡膠等材料的)管, 管子, 筒子
laboratory test-tubes 實(shí)驗(yàn)室的試管
an inner tube, eg of a bicycle or car tyre 內(nèi)胎
Blood flowed along the tube into the bottle. 血液沿管子流入瓶中.
2 [C] ~ (of sth) container made of thin flexible metal or plastic with a screw cap, used for holding pastes, etc ready for use (金屬或塑料的)軟管(有螺旋蓋, 盛膏裝物用的)
tubes of glue, mayonnaise 管裝的膠水、 蛋黃醬
squeeze toothpaste from/out of a tube 擠出管子里的牙膏.
3 the tube(also the underground) [U, sing]
(Brit infml 口) the underground railway system in London 倫敦的地下鐵道
travel to work by tube/on the tube 乘倫敦地鐵上班
take a/the tube to Victoria 乘地鐵到維多利亞站
[attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
tube trains, tickets, etc 地鐵列車、 車票等. Cf 參看 subway.
4 [C] = cathode ray tube (cathode).
5 [C usu pl 通常作復(fù)數(shù)]
hollow tube-shaped organ in the body (身體內(nèi)的)管狀器官
bronchial, Fallopian, Eustachian tubes 支氣管、 輸卵管、 耳咽管.